Louise Coigley

Some poignant and celebratory moments in the Q'nA at the launch of Living with Scoliosis photo courtesy of Amelie scoliosis.with.at c/o scoliosis research uk ssr.org.uk #scoliosis #scoliosisawareness #scoliosiswarrior

Amazing to be in this documentary short & to meet the other wonderful participants.c/o Scoliosis Research UK 🤍 I am the oldest, youngest is six.She was dressed like a sparkly angel & said " I wd tell someone [just diagnosed] I have scoliosis too, you're not alone".

Thank you so much!

Beautiful -where can I find the source of this quote please?

Lovely to be called in as a kind of #storytelling ambulance - and great to be able to rearrange day so can be there to run #CPD for #Teachers #Authors #Storytellers #Therapists #liveinclusivestorytelling #lisntell #education #accessibility www.hastingsstoryfest.org.uk/2025-adults :

YouTube video by Scoliosis Support & Research Living with Scoliosis | Documentary Trailer

Feels extraordinary and very moving to be featured in this documentary. Looking forward to meeting the others at the launch on October 28th London #scoliosis #spinalsurgery #couragetogether #wearyourcurve youtu.be/p-0xewRfPNc?...

Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training Historically, priorities for research, technology development, and professional training in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have been identified largely by nondisabled...

NEXT #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 6 NOV 25 8-9.15pm GMT
Nothing about #AAC users without AAC users:
a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development & professional training.
Grant Blasko,Janice Light, David McNaughton,Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman(2025)41:3, 184-194 doi.org/10.1080/0743...

#SaLTBkGrp yesterday eve loved the respect, warmth, listening betwn us conversing abt respect 4 stammerers experience.The equality betwn us:one in her sixties doing a PhD, one in her 20s entering 3rd yr of SaLT trng-me- retired from work with clients this wk & those still in full tilt employment💓📗

#SaLTBkGrp tonight - new autumn phase :
"Understanding the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy"
Seth E. Tichenor, Caryn Herring, and J. Scott Yaruss
Top Lang Disorders
Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 57–75
© 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

friend to me to old Hastings this eve....

it's catching

A friend just told me she overheard a boy ask in a DIY shop a few weeks ago:"Do you have a de-humiliator?"🌞💦

Tmw! Invited to run training day & do some storytelling at Ringwood Shelling School, where I lived & worked as a volunteer Carer/ #SaLT for 6 yrs with chn with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities& autism.They taught me how to be a Human B & SaLT. Now: ⬆️ EB oral #storytelling rhythm gesture.

Hey! 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES a survey from #SLP2b @emmamcvean.bsky.social -- click the LinkedIn survey link twice. 🙏PLEASE BOOST> @lisntell.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @nesltresearch.bsky.social @apinchofsalts.bsky.social @gillianrudd.bsky.social

🌎🌍🌏DO YOU SEEK INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS, EMMA?

Almost had to stop driving last night listening to this riveting radio-deep,tender, funny& so respectful towrds the individual subject & listener. "Oh the Humanity!" as an 11 yr old with cognitive difficulties exclaimd to me once 1/2 thro a spontaneous story he told of love, loss & reconciliation...

Thank you for important quote about the parties and: “They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”
― Frida Kahlo

Fine group of Speech Pathologists, 1 #OT and a manager #childrenscare who took part in #Lis'nTell: #liveinclusivestorytelling part 1 training, end of May this year. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 #Lis'nTell core practitioner #SaLT @sltbubble.bsky.social for accompanying me & to fabulous 🇲🇹 hospitality, commitment & experience 👏🏼

Great news! Congratulations to, from July 1st 2025, Distinguished Professor @pamelasnow.bsky.social one of the most compelling, clear and compassionate lecturers and writers I have encountered. pamelasnow.blogspot.com #literacy #education Thank you for your work 🏚️ 📖

wonderful - and tragic #linguicide

CONGRATULATIONS! 💪🏼

Beautiful!

Unexpected article abt the essence of Lis'n Tell:live inclusive storytelling by 🇲🇹 #SLP Veronica Montanaro (PhD student Leeds Uni) b4 our recent 🇲🇹 visit. Many thanks to VM🌞 for inviting me to run Part 1 again & to @sltbubble.bsky.social for accompanying brilliantly🌟 www.taascmalta.com/blog/span-cl...

A logo representing the BB-Team. It shows two codgers and three younger people doing push-ups. The banner reads "Push for youth mental health: Stronger together.

DAY 1️⃣ #push-upCHALLENGE 3,214 push-ups in 23 days
www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... Our 😅sweaty efforts are dedicated to: Students navigating school pressures, feelings of isolation or "difference", and social media anxiety. www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... 💰YOU CAN DONATE!

Training Attention Autism Advanced Practitioner Group this wk: participants frm South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Hong Kong. Finding tales frm each culture to practise storytelling eg: iconic gesture/memory & intonation; imagination/seeing what you're saying (or feeling if aphantasic);rhythm 'n role

Back from training #SLP team in Malta🇲🇹 with Lis'n Tell Core Practitioner #SLT Caroline Casula. Loved their expressiveness, engagement, insights. Moved by 'de-institutionalisation' in senior /child care homes & how they see Lis'n Tell part of that. Special Assistance at airports fantastic each way ♿

Next #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 3July 8pm BST is about rdcu.be/epDVP, plus paper by autistic adults abt their GLP related experience (I don't have link yet).
Also interesting re GLP history/ backgrnd to the Systematic Rev/ GLP NLA/ #languagedevelopment/ #SLP for #echolalia: thedldproject.com/gestalt-lang...

The Future of Neurodiversity - Boston Review The movement has made important progress, but focusing on rights and representation leaves too many behind.

Re-reading The Future of Neurodiversity.

"Neurodivergent Power would place our sights squarely on our collective ability to resist the entire economic system that disables and discriminates against us". @drrobertchapman.bsky.social

www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-fu...

Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About Using language is a skill that allows us to share our ideas and feelings, to learn in school, and to understand the world around us. Unfortunately, using and understanding language is not easy for eve...

🆓 🔓 Alyssa Kuiack and @larchiba.bsky.social #DevLangDis in #PlainEnglish #easyEnglish 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Kuiack, A. & Archibald, L (2019) Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About. Frontiers for Young Minds. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Finding this so interesting and looking forward to conversation this evening #SaLTBkGrp about: www.rcslt.org/news/learnin...

Learning from the experiences of disabled SLTs | RCSLT

As decided last time #SaLTBkGrp
Thurs Jun 5, 2025 8:00-9.15 PM London
NEW Topic: www.rcslt.org/news/learnin...
#SaLT #SLP #Disability #conversation
#sharedexperience #livedexperience
Do let me know if you'd like to join this new phase either by DM or email me via website: www.lisntell.co.uk 🙏🏼📚🫖☕